Senate Dems face backlash after bill to prevent boys from playing girls' sports fails to break filibuster

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Senate Democrats faced backlash connected Monday aft the Protection of Women and Girls successful Sports Act failed to garner the votes it needed to break the filibuster.

Republicans needed 60 votes but lone received 51. No Democrats sided with Republicans connected the bill. Two Democrats were absent from the vote, arsenic were 2 Republicans. The measure failed, 51-45.

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The Protection of Women and Girls successful Sports Act would require Title IX to dainty sex arsenic "recognized based solely connected a person’s reproductive biology and genetics astatine birth" and would disallow immoderate accommodation for it to use to sex identity.

The measure was introduced by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and has much than 40 co-sponsors successful the Senate. It would besides codify 1 of Trump's galore caller enforcement orders, giving the argumentation amended longevity.

House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., and activists who person fought for fairness successful women’s and girls’ sports were among those who ripped Senate Democrats implicit the deficiency of enactment for the bill. Two House Dems voted successful favour of the measure successful January.

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"That is shocking. I cannot judge that the Democrats volition not spell on with communal consciousness connected this and the extortion of women and girls," Johnson told Fox News.

Riley Gaines, Jennifer Sey and others weighed successful connected societal media.

President Donald Trump issued an enforcement bid past period to prohibit biologic males from competing successful women's and girls’ sports. The bid would withhold national backing from states that proceed to person transgender inclusion successful women's and girls’ sports.